Dialect

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists: Cockney is a dialect of English.
  • n. A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard: the dialects of Ancient Greek.
  • n. The language peculiar to the members of a group, especially in an occupation; jargon: the dialect of science.
  • n. The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.
  • n. A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch. Not in scientific use: Spanish and French are Romance dialects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.
  • n. A dialect of a language perceived as substandard and wrong.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
  • n. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Language; speech; mode of speech; manner of speaking.
  • n. One of a number of related modes of speech, regarded as descended from a common original; a language viewed in its relation to other languages of the same kindred; the idiom of a district or class, differing from that of other districts or classes.
  • n. The idiom of a locality or class, as distinguished from the generally accepted literary language, or speech of educated people.
  • n. 4 Dialectic; logic.
  • To make dialectal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    patois    eye dialect   
    Form
    dialectic    dialectal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    speech    phraseology    tongue    idiom    language    lingo    patter    patois    argot    cant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accent    idiom    pronunciation    language    vocabulary    slang    custom    jargon    tongue    legend